2008: Second in ALMS GT1 drivers championship with three
victories; runner-up in GT1 class at 24 Hours of Le Mans; two poles and five
fastest race laps; finished in London Marathon.

With his rich accent and polished manners,
Oliver Gavin may seem the quintessential Englishman, but he has successfully
adapted to racing in America. A native of Cambridgeshire, Gavin won multiple
championships in British open-wheel formula cars before scoring his first
victory with Corvette Racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2002. He became a
full-season Corvette driver in 2003, and won three consecutive American Le Mans
Series GT1 drivers championships with Corvette Racing teammate Olivier Beretta
in 2005-07. Gavin and Beretta tallied a record-tying nine victories en route to
their third straight championship in 2007.

Recognized as one of the world's best
talents in sports car competition, Gavin has an impressive resume of victories
and track records. He began his racing career in karting in the '80s, competing
in British national series. In 1990, Gavin moved up to single-seaters and
promptly won the British National Formula First Series in 1991, scoring 11 wins
in 12 races. This remarkable season earned Gavin the prestigious McLaren
Autosport Young Driver of the Year award. The following year he finished second
in the British Formula Vauxhall Championship. In 1993, Gavin moved up to the
highly regarded British Formula 3 Championship and finished as runner-up in the
drivers championship.

In 1994, Gavin competed in the FIA
International F3000 championship. Returning to British Formula 3 in 1995, he
dominated the series with six victories and won the championship while also
working as a test driver for the Pacific Formula 1 team. In the late '90s Gavin
competed in the International Touring Car series as a factory Opel driver while
also working as a Formula 1 test driver for Benetton and Renault (1997-2005)
and driving the safety car during the Formula 1 season.

In 2002, Gavin was named as the third
driver for Chevrolet's Corvette Racing program. Teamed with Ron Fellows and
Johnny O'Connell, Gavin scored his first class win in the 24 Hours of Le Mans,
and the trio swept all three endurance events in the GTS class (Sebring, Le
Mans and Petit Le Mans). In 2003, Gavin was selected for a full season in the
Corvette C5-R in the American Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In
addition to four record-setting pole positions, Gavin captured two GTS
victories en route to finishing third in the drivers championship.

In 2004 Gavin posted his second class
victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with co-drivers Beretta and Jan Magnussen in
the Corvette C5-R. The trio also won Petit Le Mans. Gavin and Beretta scored a
total of four wins in the ALMS in 2004, and finished as runners-up in the
championship to their Corvette teammates.

2005 was a championship season for Gavin,
as he and Beretta shared the GT1 title with the new Corvette C6.R. The pair
posted six victories in the 10-race ALMS series. Again teamed with Magnussen in
endurance events, the trio won the GT1 class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the
second straight year and repeated as winners of Petit Le Mans.

Gavin and Beretta repeated as GT1
co-champions in 2006, scoring a runner-up finish in the season finale at Laguna
Seca to seal the title. The pair scored five victories in a season marked by
frequent performance adjustments that affected the speed of their Corvette.
Gavin captured his third straight GT1 Le Mans title and his first Sebring
12-hour victory with Beretta and Magnussen.

In 2007, Gavin and Beretta reeled off nine
wins in 12 races to capture their third consecutive GT1 drivers championship.
The pair won the GT1 class in the season-opening Sebring 12-hour endurance race
for the second straight year and notched their third victory in the 1,000-mile
Petit Le Mans, with Max Papis joining the driver roster for endurance races.
The team's biggest disappointment came at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where a
broken driveshaft sidelined their Corvette C6.R at the two-hour mark and ended
their bid for a fourth consecutive class victory in the world's most famous
sports car race. Gavin also drove a Corvette C6.R in selected FIA GT races with
the French Luc Alphand Aventures team.

Gavin's string of GT1 titles came to an end
in 2008 as the pairing of O'Connell and Magnussen claimed the class
championship. Gavin and Beretta made motorsports history by scoring the first
win with E85R cellulosic ethanol in St. Petersburg, Fla. They also won on the
Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix circuit and finished the season with a victory at
Laguna Seca.

When not racing, Gavin competes in
marathon, biathlon and triathlon events. He resides in Yardley Hastings,
Northampton, with his wife, Helen, and children Lily, Isaac and Fergus.